Everything You Need To Know About Soul Men …As It Relates To You And Your World The Actors, Director, Info, Reviews, and Photos

The story of Louis and Floyd, a popular singing duo back in the day, who went their separate ways and never spoke again. When the death of their former group leader reunites them and sends them driving cross country for a tribute concert at the legendary Apollo Theatre, they will have only five days to bury the hatchet on a twenty-year- old grudge. MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive language, and sexual content including nudity) Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

SAMUEL L. JACKSON (Louis Hinds)  Married to Latanya Richardson and has a daughter named Zoe  Jackson has only met his father twice during his life  The second highest-grossing movie star of all time  Jackson is bald in real life Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

BERNIE MAC (Floyd Henderson)  Started as a stand-up comedian in Chicago's Cotton Pickin' Club  Married Rhonda McCullough in They had one daughter, Je'Niece  Just prior to his death on August 9, 2008, he had finished working on the film Soul Men with Isaac Hayes, who coincidentally died the next day Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

ISAAC HAYES (Isaac Hayes)  (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) Was a soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor  Hayes fathered 12 children, and has 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren  Was involved in human rights related groups such as the One Campaign Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

MALCOLM D. LEE  An American actor, film director, and screenwriter  Directed such films as Undercover Brother, The Best Man, and Roll Bounce  He is the cousin of accomplished film director Spike Lee Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

 Screenplay by ROBERT RAMSEY and MATTHEW STONE  Original Music by STANLEY CLARKE  Cinematography by MATTHEW F. LEONETTI Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

Mac and Isaac Hayes each died in unrelated circumstances in August Director Lee said the film was heavily re-edited to soften the tone of the film, as a tribute to the two actors. Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac), were a popular singing duo back in the day. Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

They went their separate ways and never spoke again. Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

When the death of their former group leader (John Legend) reunites them… Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

…and sends them driving cross country for a tribute concert at the legendary Apollo Theatre. Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

They will have only five days to bury the hatchet on a twenty- year-old grudge. Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

Consensus voice: “A tender, tangy and wild tale in a kooky convergence of music, memory and male bonding blues. And a movie truly about lasting impressions, where you're very likely to laugh till you cry, when not the other way around” --Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

 A celebration of the trials, joys and value of friendship  A comedic look at male bonding Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

Soul Men celebrates friendship. Mark Twain had it right when he humorously said, “The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.” Friendship should last a lifetime, but isn’t it weird how things, like money, can divide it? This is why poet Samuel Johnson so wisely stated that we “should keep friendships in constant repair.” Friendships, like marriages, require work. Friendships are so worth the effort, as songwriter Thomas Moore reminds us, “To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.” Review © David Bruce

2 THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. 1.The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. 2.Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them. --Oliver Wendell Holmes Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one” --C. S. Lewis Photos © 2008 MGM. Review © David Bruce